It is stunning how slave holders before the American Civil War tried to justify their actions with arguments similar to those used by those who restrict women in the church and the home! Christy is stunned as she and Bruce talk with Rev. Dr. Mike David on this Tru Friend Friday episode of The Eden Podcast! Here are some of books Mike referred to on this episode. The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, by Mark A. Noll Slavery, Sabbath, War and Women, by Willard M. Swartley Slaves In The New Testam...
Feb 02, 2024•31 min•Season 13Ep. 10
The relationship of believers is meant to be modeled after Christ's two actions referred to in Ephesians 5:25b. He loves and gives of himself. Paul uses these words in the SAME linchpin pattern used in Genesis 2 and 3 in Ephesians 5:25. He had the Garden of Eden very much in mind for he later quotes from Genesis 2:24. What these lookbacks to Eden mean in this passage helps us understand the parts that have puzzled many for so long! This passage is much like Handel's gloriously complex Hallelujah...
Feb 01, 2024•25 min•Season 13Ep. 9
No, Ephesians 5-6 is NOT primarily about marriage. No, it does NOT teach wifely submission or that a man is the head of the house. This passage DOES teach how Spirit-filled believers are to walk out their life in Christ. Believers are to teach and admonish other believers from the Word of God. In turn they all are to submit to the teaching and correction they receive from one another. This passage is about RECIPROCAL SUBMISSION and unity with Jesus in the Body of Christ! Dive Deeper? Join the ne...
Jan 31, 2024•14 min•Season 13Ep. 8
Joanne has "a wonderful story on how God uses the Internet!" And hers is a wonderful story how she volunteered to help spread the Tru316 Message. She set up the @Tru316 YouTube Channel. She volunteered to write the "BSF style" Study Guides for the chapters in The Eden Book Series. She co-hosted Seasons 6-9 of The Eden Podcast She wrote the Study Guides for Dr. Joy Fleming's foundational book Man and Woman in Biblical Unity, Theology from Genesis 2-3. She is one of the co-hosts on the Interview e...
Jan 30, 2024•13 min•Season 13Ep. 7
Joanne Hagemeyer recalls how doors were closed to women for ministry in many ways. "I didn’t have a place in the church but I had a place in this Bible study." (It was Bible study Fellowship where eventually she was a Teaching Leader for many years). She has continued to use her gifts where there was an open door. Joanne Hagemeyer went on to build up the Tru316 ministry by launching the @Tru316 YouTube Channel, writing the Study Guides for the 4 books in The Eden Book Series and also Dr. Joy Fle...
Jan 29, 2024•19 min•Season 13Ep. 6
Part 3. Mimi and Christy talk about the 4 Tru School Workshops that are inspired by the insights of the Tru316 Message - "that God didn't curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way." These hour-long small group Zoom Sessions open up the meaning of Genesis 2-3, Ephesians 5-6, 1 Timothy 2-3, and 1 Corinthians 11 & 14 and 1 Peter 3. Altogether, in just 48 hours of Workshop participation, you will gain clarity on these key passages on women and men! Enroll now to be a part of the next cohort ...
Jan 24, 2024•15 min•Season 13Ep. 3
Part 2! Raised in a difficult home life. Then ministering without mentoring. She served as a pastor's wife for 38 years. Now leading the Tru School Workshops she Mimi thanks God for being faithful. She is sensitive to each student as they consider the Tru316 Message and find freedom in Christ. in the Tru School Workshops like The Eden Workshop on Genesis 2-3. Go deeper? Click Tru316.com/workshop! The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming wher...
Jan 23, 2024•14 min•Season 13Ep. 2
The 2-week, 6-session Tru School Workshops take us through the Garden of Eden and related passages on women and men! Mimi is our Workshop coordinator. Here is Part 1 of her story! Go deeper? Click Tru316.com/workshop ! The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.” Once Genesis 3:16 is made clear the other passages on w...
Jan 22, 2024•12 min•Season 13Ep. 1
Here is a BEST OF episode from Season 5 on The Eden Podcast. People tend to go astray in their translation and interpretation of Ephesians 5-6 for lack of the proper understanding of Genesis 2-3. Go Deeper? You can sign up for the next time we offer The Beyond Eden Workshop on Ephesians 5-6. Simply go to Tru316.com/workshop and sign up! The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is ...
Jan 19, 2024•12 min
Hear how Pastor Jay Pound took insights on Ephesians 5-6 from the book Beyond Eden and preached his Sunday sermon. "This passage has generated a lot of controversy, a lot of discussion ..." says Pastor Jay from the start on this episode of The Eden Podcast brought to you by the Tru316 Foundation (T ru316.com ). As Bruce C. E. Fleming reveals, this passage is NOT primarily about marriage and certainly NOT AT ALL about so-called wifely submission. This passage IS about relationships in the church ...
Jan 18, 2024•44 min
What had scholars found out about The Garden of Eden? That was this pastor's question as he prepared to preach on Genesis 3:16. "It really makes a big difference! It changes what we see the passage is saying and is not saying." "The research brings liberty and a greater sense of freedom from a misinterpretation of the text." The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God di...
Jan 17, 2024•5 min
This is a Sunday morning sermon on Ephesians 5-6 preached by Rev. Stephanie O'Brien using the research presented in the book "Beyond Eden, Ephesians 5:15-6:9." Pastor Stephanie O'Brien is also a professor and a podcaster! The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.” Once Genesis 3:16 is made clear the other passages o...
Jan 16, 2024•40 min
Believers who are Spirit-filled teach and admonish one another AND they submit themselves to this care from one another! This is the key to understanding Ephesians 5:19a to 22 and to the rest of the passage. This is a "Best of" presentation taken from a Sunday sermon preached by Bruce C. E. Fleming in St. Cloud, Minnesota on Pentecost Sunday. The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Messa...
Jan 15, 2024•39 min
A look at the Hebrew words and word patterns of Genesis 2-3, and especially of Genesis 3:16, reveals that God didn't curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way! An excerpt in Chinese from the book Women and Men in the Light of Eden by Bruce C. E. Fleming! Video verseion is here: https://youtu.be/r_hJKGS3vYE?si=FkxiKt_i2pMCCNus The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “G...
Jan 13, 2024•17 min
After laying the foundation of Genesis 2-3 rightly understood, Bruce and Natalie move to two very HOT topics. What about wayward overseers in church? What about wayward spouses in the home? Learn more? On Wayward overseers in 1 Timothy 2-3 you can order a copy of Bruce's book on 1 Timothy 2-3 from our special order page. It is titled Back to Eden ! Here's the link: Tru316.com/trubooks Natalie's website is https://www.flyingfreenow.com/. Her book, Is it Me? is available from our order page: Tru31...
Jan 12, 2024•25 min
Have you found the Garden of Eden details in Genesis 2-3 to be a bit mixed or worse? Do we learn good news about God or bad news? The Hebrew text definitely presents us with good news. And it presents the bad news of the attack. Learn more about who did what and with what results. Was Eve cursed? Did God change the roles originally planned? All this and more in this discussion with Bruce C. E. Fleming of The Eden Podcast with popular podcaster Natalie Hoffman of the Flying Free Podcast. The Tru3...
Jan 11, 2024•27 min
How do YOU learn best? By listening? Try The Eden Podcast! By reading? Get The Eden Book Series starting with The Book of Eden on Genesis 2-3. Small group studies your style? Sign up for Tru School Workshops on tru316.com/workshop. What about your own self-paced course? With special videos and quizzes by Jessica Nagy and all the rest too! For you! Your high school home school student! Yourself! You can purchase it now at TheEdenCourse.com The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The...
Jan 10, 2024•5 min
Genesis 3:16 had been mistranslated. Many harmful misconceptions had arisen. Many harmful practices had been propagated. In her research Joy opens up the 7-point chiasm in Genesis 2-3 and especially the patterns related to Genesis 3:16. It turns out that God didn't curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way. You can discover these insights and more in her books available from Tru316.com/trubooks The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming wh...
Jan 09, 2024•15 min
The HEAD/BODY METAPHOR in Ephesians 5:15-6:9 is often misunderstood. People mistakenly think and teach something about military hierarchy when this passage is NOT about that! Most people miss the COMPLETELY NEW MEANING FOR "SUBMISSION" Paul puts together in Ephesians 5:21 and uses immediately after in 5:22-24. He changes the worldly vertical meaning with someone UNDER submitting to someone OVER to a Spirit-filled Christian reciprocating horizontal relationship of building up one another and subm...
Jan 08, 2024•25 min
Pastor Kelly set out to preach on Genesis 1-3 and came across the research of the Tru316 Foundation. He used The Book of Eden - Genesis 2-3 for part of his research. The result was a balanced and powerful sermon! See the volumes in The Eden Book Series and more at Tru316.com/trubooks The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in...
Jan 05, 2024•23 min•Season 12Ep. 58
Have you seen the literary patterns that speak to us in Ephesians 5:15-6:9? They prevent us from taking these verses out of context. Paul teaches that believers are to be mutually building up one another. They are to teach and correct one another. And they are to submit themselves to what they are receiving fro one another. This is a HORIZONTAL and RECIPROCAL SUBMISSION that is world's away from the vertical submission many people teach about these verses. Christian wives and husbands serve as a...
Jan 04, 2024•27 min•Season 12Ep. 57
They met in Virginia and married while each was in the Air Force. Now living in Oklahoma they have 6 children and have a house church! They both joined us to study The Book of Eden, Genesis 2-3 as part of The Eden Workshop, 2-week Zoom course. This is the Devra and Benjamin Waterman Story on The Eden Podcast! The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (...
Jan 03, 2024•21 min•Season 12Ep. 56
What is the cultural context from which Bible passages came? How does the Tru316 Message free people to focus on the word patterns and the words themselves? Bible Professor Dr. Max Botner teaches all this and more in local churches, in the college classroom and on his podcast! The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any wa...
Jan 02, 2024•29 min•Season 12Ep. 55
The main ideas in this section of Ephesians are in 5:18, 5:21 and 5:32. Have you seen how the Spirit-filled life is described in FOUR Steps in 5:19a-21? In 5:19a Paul uses ONE word (speaking) but in the parallel verse of Colossians 3:16 he uses TWO (teaching and admonishing). THEN Paul links the horizontal and reciprocal mutual submitting of believers with these two ideas from 5:19a. The teaching point: Spirit-filled believers submit to the teaching and corrections they give and receive from one...
Dec 29, 2023•24 min•Season 12Ep. 54
Dr. Flemings' research helps men and women look at one another in a proper way. The partnership model revealed by the Tru316 Foundation's research is a model I have used in hundreds of counseling hours. I am deeply indebted to the Flemings for Tru316. Please support Tru316. The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.”...
Dec 28, 2023•9 min•Season 12Ep. 53
In one episode what God did and said in Eden vs what others have been saying about Eden. The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.” Once Genesis 3:16 is made clear the other passages on women and men become clear too. You are encouraged to access the episodes of Seasons 1-11 of The Eden Podcast for teaching on the s...
Dec 27, 2023•32 min•Season 12Ep. 52
His daughter showed him biblical theology on women and men that STUNNED him. This is Dr. Bill Rudd's Story on The Eden Podcast! Past Board Chair of Cedarville University and Baptist Pastor, Dr. Rudd is the author of Should Women be Pastors and Leaders in Church - my journey to discover what the Bible says about Gender Roles. Here's that LINK . https://amzn.to/47fvcB9 The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genes...
Dec 26, 2023•23 min•Season 12Ep. 51
Liz Beyer found Dr. Joy Fleming's book to be a great help. We dive into this and more of her story on this episode of The Eden Podcast.Liz Beyer is the editor of two volumes by CBE International. They are Mutual by Design: A Better Model of Christian Marriage . https://amzn.to/41idcol Created to Thrive: Creating Abuse-free Faith Communities https://amzn.to/3RI1a48 You can find books by Dr. Joy Fleming and Bruce C. E. Fleming, and books by other authors featured on The Eden Podcast on our TruBook...
Dec 22, 2023•34 min•Season 12Ep. 50
Have you noticed the Pattern of Fours used by Paul in the end of Ephesians 5? Have you noticed the Jump, Jump, High Jump pattern in the passage of Ephesians 5:15-6:9? These patterns communicate the message of the passage in addition to the meanings of the words that are used. Go deeper? We are working our way through the book Beyond Eden on Ephesians 5:15 to 6:9. You can get a copy as an eBook, as a paperback or as an audio book on Audible on our Trubooks page on www.Tru316.com/trubooks Other bo...
Dec 21, 2023•22 min•Season 12Ep. 49
Mandy and Joey Hall use their Tru School training to reach out in various ways. Mandy specifically encourages those she works with in her nonprofit ministries. Should you enroll like Mandy and Joey have done in a Tru School Workshop like The Eden Workshop on Genesis 2-3 or the Beyond Eden Workshop on Ephesians 5-6? These Workshop Wednesday Episodes on The Eden Podcast bring you the tru stories of the men and women who have successfully completed one or more two-week Workshops. You too can enroll...
Dec 20, 2023•26 min•Season 12Ep. 48
